Singtel 8MBPS plan

• Saint`

  3 Jul 08, 02:05

   

  Hi all ,

  
  Recently upgraded from 3mbps to 8mbps . Seemed promising but it was crap to me .

  Download speed was from 300kbps on 3mbps plan , nosedive to abt 100kbps on a 8mbps plan .

  
  Initially i see the potential of getting to 800kb when the activation is on going but the speedy finally stablise @ 100kb only .

  Questions ,

  Is singtel capping our downloads ? If not , y do i have such a significant drop in download speed despite upgrading the plan ? 

  I m using uTorrent client if that matters , but no problem all the way till i activate 8mbps .
  
  Could any1 enlighten me ? Does other singnet user have this problem after upgrade ?

   

   

• LatecomerX

  3 Jul 08, 04:58

  The download speed you get on torrents very much depend on the number of users seeding (providing) the files you are downloading. Think of these seeders as water taps somewhere far far away from you and Singnet as a water pipe bringing water from the taps to your house. If the water taps can only output small amounts of water, having a bigger pipe wouldn't bring you more water no matter what.

  Try this torrent, seeded by 1200+ users as of now, which should be able to use up your entire downstream of 8mbps, assuming that there is no issue with the configuration you have for uTorrent and you did not cap your download.

  http://releases.ubuntu.com/8.04/ubuntu-8.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

   

• youyayu

  3 Jul 08, 13:42

  i had no problem with mine only thing is that it disconnect at night for no reason

• alwaysdisturbed

  3 Jul 08, 13:49

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  i had no problem with mine only thing is that it disconnect at night for no reason

  
  modem burning out?

• FrozernFire

  3 Jul 08, 19:10

  torrents aren't exactly the best thing to test your speed on...

• wishboy

  3 Jul 08, 19:46

  i m on 8mbps snbb plan but i nv face those problems mentioned (was previously on 1.5 mbps)

  my dl speed normally can go up to 1.1MB/s if the download server is good

  seldom torrent so dun noe much abt the speed there

• monoslayer

  3 Jul 08, 20:13

  tats y i use the 3mbps enough liao.

• MyPillowTalks

  3 Jul 08, 21:16

  im using 3mbps

   

  The cut time for me is aroud 11pm-12am, 6am-7am, evening time

   

• bo liao

  4 Jul 08, 06:08

  http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/icopulate/horriblesingnet.jpg

  http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y101/icopulate/singnet1.jpg

  Is it problem wid singnet or wid the modem?Last time singnet is fantastic, my home load finish,next door using cable still loading page...

  BUT now singnet zzzzz.....slow/keep dc 1 day dunno how many time.....sigh....not worth the $ spent.

  Cal them up, they know its slow so they sent ppl down, but nothing change, wrote to sph, they anyhow edit...

  Post to stomp?or go case?(know sure lose but dun mind trying)

  Have good computer at home  = alone play game good.

  Play over internet wid singnet now = might as well use rubbish computer,wasting money.

  Cannot enjoy what WAS previously being delivered by singnet.

  

• khaleel51

  12 Jul 08, 21:18

  singnet is damn good for me i og no probs no disconnection and no network problems

• ChiBet

  14 Jul 08, 10:48

  to check your download speed, go to

  http://www.singnet.com.sg/technical/helptools/

  click the blue FTP button

  for 8mbps plan, a result of 6500-7500kbps is normal

  to get an accurate result, please conduct the test with only 1 pc connected to the modem/router and with no other concurrent download/upload process

• ndmmxiaomayi

  14 Jul 08, 15:09

  IE only.

• ceecookie

  14 Jul 08, 15:16

  It's up to you if you want to have faster Internet speed at the expense of line stability

  Starhub's HFC technology is known to be very stable and service disruption rarely or not heard at all